Crap Towns / Cheadle / Pollution incidents
How often does Cheadle get polluted?
2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Cheadle or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 475th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in January 2023 and put smoke in the air.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| August 2021 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 17.4 km | 76 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 10.6 km | 16 |
| Cheadle | – | 2 |
| Uttoxeter | 12.5 km | 2 |
| Biddulph | 18.5 km | 1 |
| Leek | 13.5 km | 1 |
| Stone | 14.1 km | 1 |